The uneasy Congress-NCP alliance has been roiled by fresh tensions over NCP's increasingly unabashed projection of its boss Sharad Pawar
as its prime ministerial candidate in disregard of Congress's endorsement of the incumbent, raising doubts wh...

With the Congress unable to regain its former hold over voters and with no one in a position to defeat India's grand old party on its own, regional forces are increasingly filling up political space across the country.

With the elections round the corner, all political parties are ready with big promises of a utopian state to lure voters. With a
population of over four crores and about 2.71 crore voters, and 147 legislative assembly seats up for grabs, the part...

The city unit of the BJP became the first unit in the state to have a website of its own in the entire state. The website will also
play an active role in canvassing for the party in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.

The five belongings of Mahatma Gandhi, which were auctioned in New York, may take some time to reach India as the government is still discussing the legalities involved with the United States’ Justice Department.

Mumbai Police will have to wait for the nod from Union home ministry before applying to the special court for permission to dispose of
the bodies of the nine terrorists killed in the 26/11 attacks. This would mean it could take about a month befo...

The state government appointed SS Virk as the director general of police of Maharashtra. Home minister Jayant Patil, after receiving a formal approval from the Election Commission (EC), announced the appointment on Friday evening.

The ruling Biju Janata Dal headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik gained strength on Friday with four sitting legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party joining it, giving a severe jolt to the saffron party ahead of the ensuing polls.

After the break-up of its alliance with BJD, there was more trouble for the saffron camp as its in-house squabbles surfaced with senior leader Arun Jaitley openly taking on party chief Rajnath Singh over appointment of a Delhi businessman as in-ch...

By and large continuing with the practice of “sitting-getting,” the Congress has decided to field 11 of its members in the 14th Lok Sabha in the 25 seats across three States and one Union Territory for which candidatures were announced on Thursday.

Notwithstanding claims made by leaders of all political parties, the main criteria for considering the name of an aspirant for the Lok Sabha or the state assembly ticket is his financial standing. Sources say that the first question any candidate ...